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Florida A&M University (FAMU) Senior Environment Specialist Ryan Mitchell has received an Energy Innovator Award for his sustainability contributions to the university and the greater Tallahassee community. Mitchell, who works within the FAMU Office of Environmental Health and Safety, was recognized by the nonprofit organization ReThink Energy Florida during its inaugural Energy Ball. Mitchell is a member of the FAMU [...]

Spelman College is considered the No. 1 historically black college in the U.S. The 131-year-old Atlanta school took the top spot on the 2012 U.S. News & World Report list of the nation’s best Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). Nearby Morehouse College also fared well; it ranked No. 3 on the list. Clark Atlanta University tied with North Carolina’s [...]

Stillman College was recently named one of the “15 most wired campuses in the country” by US News and World Report. The private liberal arts institution’s president Dr. Ernest McNealey aims to keep Stillman at the “forefront of use of Apple technology.” In keeping with that goal, the college recently awarded a new Apple MacBook Pro to Charvla King, a [...]

Dr. Yolanda Edwards, a professor at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), recently received the Sylvia Walker Education Award from the National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitations Concerns (NAMRC), the division of the National Rehabilitation Association that promotes ethical and state-of-the-art practices in rehabilitation. Edwards is the coordinator of the M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling program in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and [...]

Thekia Cheeseborough, Class of 2013, was recently named a Dalai Lama Fellow for the 2012-2013 academic year at Spelman College. The Dalai Lama Fellow is a program that is dedicated to working across differences, protecting the environment, diminishing violence and promoting peace and alleviating poverty. This program is consistent with addressing pertinent and perplexing problems in our society today. It [...]

At its Thursday evening dinner celebrating the 11-year presidency of Ruth J. Simmons, the Corporation of Brown University announced its decision to rename Lincoln Field as the Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle. The quadrangle, part of the University’s original 1770 Providence campus, is the only part of that original tract of land to be named for an individual. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] [...]

A proposal now under consideration in the Ohio Senate calls for the designation of Central State University as a land-grant university. The designation of land-grant status would allow Central State to apply for federal agriculture research funds and for construction funds reserved for land-grant institutions. Central State is a historically Black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Up to now the only [...]

The department of mass communication at Grambling State University is in rarefied company, being the smallest program in the country selected for the $50,000 Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor Program grant. The grant proposal was submitted by Martin Edu, chairman of the department. Other journalism programs whose grant proposals were also selected included Colorado State University, Texas Christian University [...]

Howard University professor and cell biologist, Winston Anderson, Ph.D, is among the recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The award itself seeks to recognize leaders that implement mentorship as an essential element of their academic craft. The White House presents this award to leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who often go [...]

A December graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be among eight panelists in the 2011 College Round Table in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20—one of the D.C. Achievers Scholarship Program’s success stories funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Kierrah Norman, 21, from (Northeast) Washington, D.C., is one of the first two students graduating who received [...]

DOVER, Del. – Ilona M. Figat, an enterprise consultant for the Delaware Center for Enterprise Development (DCED) at Delaware State University, has been named the 2011 Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator at the 29th annual Entrepreneurship Education Forum held recently in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ms. Figat received the award in recognition of her outstanding service in the field of entrepreneurship education. Since joining [...]

On the campus of Cheyney University, a school that is no stranger to financial hardship, professor Adedoyin M. Adeyiga is a rainmaker. The African-born chemistry professor, whose father is a king in Nigeria, has secured more than $5 million in grants for programming to increase minority participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). An additional $1.35 million is pending. [...]

Hampton University’s 2011 valedictorian and former Student Government Association President Jeffrey Eugene has been named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarships. The Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest and best-known awards for international study, giving scholars an opportunity to study at the University of Oxford in England. It is one of the most renowned academic awards available to American college students. [...]

The HBCU All-Star Bowl announces the 2011 East and West rosters. The third annual bowl matches the top senior players from the CIAA, SIAC, MEAC and SWAC. EAST ROSTER No. Name Pos School Ht. Wt. Hometown 1 David Legree QB Hampton 6-5 235 Brooklyn, NY 2 Lanny Kelly DB Howard 5-11 180 Berkeley, CA 3 Darius Jackson WR Delaware St [...]

 Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Nan Li has received the Exemplary Service to the Teaching Profession Award from the South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators (SCATE). “I was very surprised. I did not expect that,” she said. “It feels really good to be honored by your peers.” SCATE, a leadership and professional organization for pre-service, graduate and active teachers in [...]

The Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute of American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and Crop and Soil Sciences (CSA) presented Roberta Laing, a graduate student in agronomy with emphasis in environmental science, with the Golden Opportunity Scholar Award. With this award Roberta was able to attend the 2011 International Annual Meeting of the Tri-Society (ASA-SSSA-CSA) held [...]

Despite last Saturday’s loss to Morehouse College, two Fort Valley State University football players were named Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference “Players of the Week.” Senior defensive back Ricky Johnson is this week’s SIAC Defensive Player of the Week and junior wide receiver Christopher Slaughter is the SIAC Newcomer of the Week. Johnson, a native of Atlanta, Ga., earned the defensive [...]

Courtesy: WSSU Sports Information WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The #9 ranked Winston-Salem State’s Kameron Smith threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, as the Rams remained unbeaten on the season with a 21-14 win over CIAA rival Shaw University on Saturday. With the win WSSU moves to 9-0 overall and 7-0 in CIAA play. Shaw falls to 2-7 on the [...]